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Re:OLO – the $99 box that transforms any smartphone into a 3... by jaxomlotus on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @11:53AM (#11345539)
It's clever but so impractical for consumer use. You're going to put away your phone for a few hours while this prints and be OK with that?

And if you're going to have to buy another device just to use this in a practical way, why not already just include a cheap android wifi-only device into the base?

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Re:OLO – the $99 box that transforms any smartphone into a 3... by Frenchgeek on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @12:15PM (#11345762)
Because "We have a slow 3D printer" doesn't sell as well as "we turn your phone into a 3D printer".
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Re:OLO – the $99 box that transforms any smartphone into a 3... by bunnymancer on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @12:41PM (#11346012)
I put away my phone for about 8 hours a day.
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Re:OLO – the $99 box that transforms any smartphone into a 3... by saulrh on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @01:29PM (#11346475)
Printing overnight is probably the intended use case, yes.
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Re:OLO – the $99 box that transforms any smartphone into a 3... by jasonkostempski on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @12:03PM (#11345650)
It would also be nice if there was no battery in the device so you didn't have to worry about replacing that overtime.
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Re:OLO – the $99 box that transforms any smartphone into a 3... by smellf on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @03:29PM (#11347474)
I bet V2 is powered from the phone's USB/Apple connector.
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